MULTIVALVES. 27 
She who lies concealed in caves, is a beautifully 
appropriate name, and designates the retiring dispo- 
sition and local habitation of the modest Pholas. 
THE LEPAS, OR SEA-ACORN. 
The Lepas, or Sea-Acorn, which signifies a scale, 
bark, or covering, presents in its construction a most 
striking instance of evident design. Here we may 
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